This has probably been around before, but I've had this weird little issue cropping up all day and I don't know how to fix it. I exported my saber model from nwmax as instructed in all the tutorials/explanation posts i could find. The hilt is positioned alright, but the blade seems to rotate 90 degrees towards the player and becomes displaced, as seen in the image:

What could cause this? Is there something I may have overlooked? Note that I've tried resetting XForm before AND after linking the new hilt to the dummy, but it produces the same effect.

(thumbnail above links to a live image, you just might not be able to see it in the post)

I'm more of a '3d fabricator' than a '3d modeller', meaning I prefer to construct things from reference, blueprints or schematics rather than to design stuff of my own.

I think I've found the culprit, after a good 6 hours brainstorming. Turns out, the Reset XForm modifier on the NWMax window worked differently than gmax's own one, in that NWMax collapses the modifier tree after applying the XForm modifier.

Oh, and thanks for the tip. I usually mis-prioritize the steps in the export process. I'll make sure I reset before linking.

I'm more of a '3d fabricator' than a '3d modeller', meaning I prefer to construct things from reference, blueprints or schematics rather than to design stuff of my own.